Panos Georghiou

Balloon-Expandable Versus Self-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Devices: A Contemporary Systematic Review

Background/Objectives: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an established treatment for severe aortic stenosis. Prosthesis selection is increasingly important because balloon-expandable valves (BEVs) and self-expandable valves (SEVs) differ in deployment, hemodynami...

Closing Europe’s Cardiovascular Implementation Gap: A Critical Review of the Safe Hearts Plan and the Cyprus Test Case

Cardiovascular disease remains Europe’s leading cause of death and disability despite strong evidence for prevention, risk-factor treatment, early detection, rehabilitation, and secondary prevention. This critical narrative review evaluates the European Safe Hearts Plan as a prop...

Aortitis as a High-Risk Vascular Syndrome: Integrating Phenotype-Driven Diagnosis, Multidisciplinary Assessment, and Personalised Management

Aortitis—inflammation of the aortic wall—presents at the interface of vasculitis, infection, structural aortic disease, and cardiovascular risk. It may occur in giant cell arteritis (GCA), Takayasu arteritis, IgG4-related disease, drug-induced injury, infection, or as an isolated...